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Face Surveillance PRIVACY

CCLA Presents to ETHI on Facial Recognition

CCLA’s Privacy Director Brenda McPhail was invited to speak to the Standing Committee on Access…

Brenda McPhailMarch 30, 2022

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Indigenous People Sentencing

CCLA Argues Against Discriminatory, Overly Punitive Criminal Code Provisions at the Supreme Court

Many parts of our criminal law sweep too many people into punitive regimes, creating adverse…

Abby DeshmanMarch 29, 2022

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cruel & Unusual Punishment Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Sentencing

CCLA Argues for Basic Human Dignity as Fundamental Value in Criminal-Penal System Before the Supreme Court

Eliminating all hope of release by revisiting a person's incarceration in light of personal change…

Abby DeshmanMarch 29, 2022

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cruel & Unusual Punishment Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing

Upholding the Right to be Free From Cruel and Unusual Punishment at the Supreme Court

CCLA appears before the Supreme Court of Canada in two cases, R v Hills and…

Abby DeshmanMarch 22, 2022

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

Prison Pandemic Papers Documenting Impact of COVID-19 in Jails, Prisons & Penitentiaries Across Canada Launched

Today, the Prison Pandemic Papers were launched online, making available previously unpublished government records.

CCLAMarch 8, 2022

Ontario Private Sector Legislation PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform

Ontario Will Require Employers to Disclose Electronic Monitoring

There has been a gap in protection for workers in our privacy laws for a…

Brenda McPhailFebruary 24, 2022

Bill 21 EQUALITY MAJOR CASES & REPORTS

Join Us As We Stand Against Bill 21 and for Human Rights

This is a critical moment.

CCLAFebruary 24, 2022

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement Democratic Rights Emergencies Act MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Reaction to the Revocation of the Declaration of Emergency

We welcome the government’s decision to revoke the proclamation of emergency – it is overdue.…

Abby DeshmanFebruary 23, 2022

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences Criminal Records & Police Record Checks EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES

Quebec Organizations Join the Call for Federal Criminal Record Reform

The Fresh Start Coalition, which includes the CCLA, announced today that several leading Quebec organisations…

Abby DeshmanFebruary 22, 2022

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement Democratic Rights Emergencies Act MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Reaction to Vote in the House

Abby Deshman, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following…

CCLAFebruary 22, 2022

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